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Around 100 workers are affected by the announcement. They will not lose out financially as a result of the shutdown.

Michelin is based in Campbell Road, Stoke

Unite official Rob Taylor, who is the works convenor at the Michelin site, said: "We have an agreement to deal with these downturns in production which are aimed at protecting the core employees and helping to sustain long-term employment at the site. Currently all agency labour has been removed.

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"There are no plans for anyone to lose wages as all hours can be banked and paid back at a later date. I am concerned that the demand for tyres right across Europe has declined. This is mainly due to the influx of cheap unreliable imports generally coming from China. These tyres are being sold at cheaper than the manufacturing cost which is known as dumping. This is being investigated at a European level."

The new warehouse on the Michelin site at Campbell Road, Stoke

Michelin has had a presence in Stoke-on-Trent since 1927. The shutdown comes less than a year after Michelin opened its new European distribution centre at Campbell Road. It means every single tyre Michelin sells in the UK and Ireland will pass through the site before being dispatched.

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Factory manager Francois Levert said: “Re-tread manufacturing will be paused for five days from May 26 as a response to conditions in the marketplace. The agreement we have in place with the union allows us to flex production up or down like this – and this flexibility has helped us to stay competitive in a very tough market over the last few years. The pause in production from May 26 will not involve any redundancies.”